Emezi, Akwaeke
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Name (Latin)
Emezi, Akwaeke
Date of birth
1987-06-06
Associated country
Nigeria
Field of activity
Fiction
Young adult literature
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
Language
English
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MARC
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Akwaeke Emezi (cropped)
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Wikipedia description:
Akwaeke Emezi is a Nigerian fiction writer and video artist, best known for their novels Freshwater (2018) and Pet and the New York Times bestselling work The Death of Vivek Oji. Emezi is a generalist who writes speculative fiction, romance, memoir, and poetry for both young adults and adults with mostly LGBT themes. Their work has earned them several awards and nominations including the Otherwise Award and Commonwealth Short Story Prize. In 2021, Time featured them as a Next Generation Leader.
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